I always felt this way about the "Autonomy" "Mastery" "Purpose" thing... Like, Autonomy and Mastery, when applied to Purpose lead to Achievement, and that's the

I always felt this way about the "Autonomy" "Mastery" "Purpose" thing... Like, Autonomy and Mastery, when applied to Purpose lead to Achievement, and that's the real deal. Do stuff that matters, stop doing stuff that doesn't matter, make sure all parts of the team and management know what does and doesn't matter, and why. People will be happier, more productive, and they'll things they produce will be more important for business, everyone wins. But instead, lets beat the drums, sail into the wind seeking the white whale... which turns out to be some petty ego-driven nonsense that customers/users won't buy into (since it's not made for them, just at them) and won't still exist two years from now. Pat yourself on the back, pat each other on the back, when your significant others ask "how'd it go" you can actually have something to say "I made a change to our checkout page that boosted sales by 5% +/- 1% and got a little bonus out of it, lets go get that dessert you love at that place you like." instead of "I sat in a meeting arguing with Salesforce admins about how many weeks it will take for them to add a new field to the object that backs a form on a landing page that gets a few tens of visits a year, then another meeting with business about why their new field doesn't exist yet."